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박규태(朴奎泰) 서울대학교 독어독문학과를 졸업하고 동대학원 종교학과에서 석사학위를, 도쿄 대학 대학원 종교학과에서 박사학위를 받았다. (사)한국종교문화연구소 소장을 역임했고, 현재 한 양대학교 일본학과 교수로 재직하고 있다. 주요 저서로 『일본 신사( 神社)의 역사와 신앙』, 『포스 트-옴 시대 일본사회의 향방과 ‘스피리추얼리티’』, 『라프카디오 헌의 일본론』, 『일본정신의 풍경』, 『상대와 절대로서의 일본』, 『아마테라스에서 모노노케 히메까지』, 『애니메이션으로 읽는 일본』 등 이 있고, 주요 역서로 『일본문화사』, 『황금가지』, 『국화와 칼』, 『신도, 일본 태생의 종교시스템』, 『일본 신도사』 등이 있다. 이 논문은 2008년 정부(교육과학기술부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 연구되었음 ( NRF-2008-362-B00006). 4/ ‘신불(神佛) 애니미즘’과 트랜스휴머니즘 가미(神)와 호토케(佛)의 유희 박규태 헨나호텔로봇

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Several criticisms have been raised against human enhancement. A central dividing line
in current human enhancement debate has been drawn between transhumanists and bio-
conservatives. The main focus of the debate has been whether there is any principled reason
to ban human enhancement. In this paper, I claim that we need to change the focus of
debate by considering biopolitical factors more seriously. The more important question in
human enhancement debate should be how can we regulate and control developments and
applications of human enhancement technologies in a democratic way for the purpose of
promoting social equality and human values, rather than the current focus on whether we
should pursue or ban enhancement technologies. Thus, I propose that human enhancement
debate needs to be reconfigured between libertarian transhumanists and techno-progressives,
so that the problems of social justice and inequality get their more deserving considerations.
And by taking the side of techno-progressives, I will discern two senses within the concept of
autonomy and reevaluate the relation between autonomy and social justice.
transhumanism, biopolitics, autonomy, social justice
“Shinbutsu-animism” and Transhumanism: The Game of Kami and Hotoke
| PARK Kyu Tae
The purpose of this essay is to closely examine how had the Japanese concepts of Kami( ) and
Hotoke(), which have originated from Shinto and Buddhism respectively and are often said
to be animistic, influenced greatly on the culture of Japanese technology. Thus, I pay special
attention to the relationship between transhumanism and religion, which are deeply associated
with “religious transhumanism” among the various types of transhumanism. In so doing,
I will present the notion of “shinbutsu( )-animism” by applying the stream of thinking
from neo-animism to techno-animism to the case of technological Japan after taking into
careful considerations for diverse discourses related to the compatibility of transhumanism
and religion. Furthermore, those concepts of Kami and Hotoke will be analyzed from the
perspective of “shinbutsu-animism.” Finally, I will reconsider how technological Japan is related
to religion by focusing on several keywords such as game-mind, trans-spirituality, hybrid, and
mono-no-aware.
kami, hotoke
Posthuman Imagination in Japanese Science Fiction | SHIN Ha-kyoung
Science fictions in Japan introduce the development of various sciences, such as information
and communication technology, neuroscience, cognitive science, computer-neural networking,
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